City of Rockingham looks set to ban feral and pet cats from 44 nature reserves
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The City of Rockingham is seeking to enact sweeping bans within its reserves in a bid to control both feral and domestic cats.
The council originally tried to take action against cats with changes to local laws in 2021 but abandoned its plans after feedback from the Department of Local Government.
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The city’s latest plan to tackle roaming cats would result in them banned from 44 nature reserves.
The changes would give rangers the power to trap any cat, domestic or feral, in the reserves and take appropriate action against them.
The city’s feral animal control program monitoring showed domestic and feral cats frequented these reserves and threatened native fauna, with domestic cat numbers about double those of feral cats.
The proposal to change the local laws and ban cats from reserves will go out for advertising and public comment before coming back to the council for approval.
Here are all 44 areas set to be hit with the ban:
- Alf Powell Reserve
- Anstey Q
- Baldivis Children’s Forest
- Baldivis Nature Reserve
- Baldivis Tramway
- Bordeaux Ramble
- CUD Swamp
- Dixon Road Conservation Precinct
- Frank Browne Reserve Rockingham Golf Course
- Golden Bay Foreshore
- Hidden Swamp
- Karnup Reserve School Site
- Karnup Town Site
- Kinsale Bend
- Lake Richmond
- Lark Hill Environmental Reserve
- Lennox Reserve
- Lewington Reserve
- Mandurah Hill
- Minderoo Reserve
- Port Kennedy Foreshore
- Rockingham/The Esplanade Foreshore
- Sawley Close Nature Reserve
- Secret Harbour Foreshore
- Shoalwater/Safety Bay Foreshore
- Singleton Foreshore
- St Claire Foreshore
- Tamworth Hill Swamp
- Tamworth Reserve
- Trenant Park Gardens
- Tuart Park
- Warnbro/Waikiki Foreshore
- Woodleigh Grove
- Anstey Swamp
- Lake Cooloongup
- Lake Walyungup
- Mandurah-Singleton Border reserve
- Paganoni Swamp
- Point Peron
- Port Kennedy Drive-Ennis Avenue Reserve
- Port Kennedy Dune conservation reserve
- Port Kennedy Scientific Park
- Rockingham Lakes East
- Tern Island
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